Combined pencil-holder



(No Model.)

B. W. RIESS. COMBINED PENCIL HOLDER, ERASER HOLDER, AND (JOIN TESTER.No. 549,534.

Patented Nov. 12, 1895.

ANDREW BIGRMMM. PHDTD-UTHQWASNINGI'DNJLC.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH lVM. RIESS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED PENCIL-HOLDER, ERASER-HOLDER, AND COIN-TESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,534, dated November12, 1895.

Application filed April 3, 1895. Serial No. 544,238. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knovul that I, RUDOLPH WM. RIEss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, (Germantown,) in the county of Philadelphiaand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Combined Holder for a \Vriting Implement and an Eraserand Counterfeit- Coin Detector, of which the following is aspecification.

Hy invention has relation to a pocket device comprising a holder for awriting implement, such as a pen or pencil, an eraser, and acounterfeit-coin detector,having adjustable means for establishing ascale for weighing, so as to determine the genuineness or spuriouscharacter of coin of different denominations, and in such connection itrelates more particularly to the general construction and arrangement ofthe parts of the device for said purposes.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a simple, durable,and efficient pocket device for holding a writing implement and aneraser, and also adapted to be readily adjusted, so as to form a scalefor readily weighing coin of different denominations as well asdetermining the genuineness or spurious character thereof.

My invention, stated in general terms, consists of a combined holder fora Writing 1111- plement and an eraser and a coin weighing andcounterfeit detector constructed, arranged, and adapted for use insubstantially the manner hereinafter described and claimed.

lhe nature and general features of my invention will be more fullyunderstood from the following description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the holder with a writing implement mounted in one end, aneraser secured to the other end, and a notched sleeve with its pivotaltrunnion mounted on the holder, but adapted to be so manipulated as tobecome a standard for the graduated scale or beam for the reception ofcoin of different denominations by shifting the trunnion and therewiththe notched sleeve on said holder. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of theoblong slotted hollow holder for the writing implement as well as theeraser, both removed therefrom and with the slidable sleeve of theholder and its pivotal trunnion or standard in a position to establish abeamscale,with a coin applied to the slotted portion for Weighing thesame, the shifting of the position of the standard and notched endedsleeve on the graduated holder adapted to accommodate coins of differentweights and to overcome the counterweighted end of the holder, so as toaccurately determine the genuineness or spurious character of the coin.Fig. 3 is a similar view of the under side of the holder,with the sleeveand its pivotal trunnion or standard removed from the holder; and Fig. 4is a similar view of the under side of the holder, showing the guidewayfor the introduction of coin of different denominations for determiningthe genuineness of the same or the spurious character thereof, and whichguideway as to the reception of coin of different denominations iscontrolled by said sleeve slidable on the holder, according to thegraduations thereof, to permit of the coins passing therethrough.

Referring to the drawings, A is a metal or other tube or cylinder havingthe narrow oblong slot a on the under side merging into an oblongguideway a and terminating in anarrow slit a The guideway a is providedfor the purpose of inserting coin of different denominations, and thelength of the slot is controlled by a slidable sleeve with a pointerdirected to a scale on the holder, which governs the size of the slot bythe movement thereof to permit of the insertion of the different coins,and thereby to readily determine whether the coin is genuine orspurious, the latter type of coin being generally more bulky or thickerthan a genuine coin. Moreover, this guideway merges into the slits a ando to afford the means of required expansion of the holder to permit ofthe insertion of a pencil or pen B into the forward end a of the holder,as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

In the upper surface of the holder A is provided an enlarged slot (L asclearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, with Walls tapering to the frontend and terminating in an arched projection a and, as viewedtransversely of the holder, forming a rest thereat for coin of differentdenominations applied to the walls of the tube or cylinder for effectingthe weight thereof,and thereby to determine the genuineness orspuriousness thereof, to be presently more fully explained.

The rear portion of the holder A is internally weighted by the insertionof a solid metal plug 0 into the tube or cylinder. The side or surfaceof the tube or cylinder A is provided with a graduated scale D on eachside or surface to denote one dollar, fifty, twenty-five, ten cents,&c., in silver, and on the other side for gold coin of differentdenominations.

E is an ink or pencil eraser, of suitable shape or form, detachablyapplied to the weighted end of the holder A, as clearly illustrated inFig. 1 of the drawings, and at the other or slotted and slitted end ofthe holder is inserted the pencil or other writing implement B, as alsoclearly illustrated in Fig. 1.

F is a sleeve fitting the exterior surface of the holder A and adaptedto be slid thereon. This sleeve on each side is provided with a notchhaving a point f, and serving as a pointer for the graduated scale ofthe holder A. This sleeve is provided with a trunnion G, the arms 9 andg of which, by means of rivets or pins F, are connected with said sleeveF and constitute the sliding standard G of the coin-weighing device. Inan inoperative position the standard and its sleeve occupy the positionillustrated in Fig. 1, while in operative position they respectivelyassume the position shown in Fig. 2, and the sleeve is adapted to beslid along the holder about the scale with the pointer f directedthereto and so that the holder may receive at the forward taperingportion thereof the coin H, as illustrated in Fig. 2, overbalancing therear weighted end of the holder by the coin depressing the same, so asto assume the position illustrated in Fig. 2, at an angle to ahorizontal plane to denote the genuineness thereof but if a counterfeit,the weighing device thus established by the holder with the sleeve andits pivotal trunnion properly positioned will not overbalance theweighted end of the holder, whereby at once the spuriousness of the coincan be readily detected. By shifting the sleeve on the holder accordingto the scale with the pointer f of the sleeve in each instance directlyopposite to the numeral of the graduated scale of the holder a coincorresponding to the numeral indicated on the scale can be quickly andreliably detected as to whether genuine or not.

It may be here remarked that spurious coins are usually of greaterthickness than the genuine coin, in order to secure required weight, andthese can be detected by introducing thesame through the guideway a ofthe slotted holder after having adjusted the sleeve of the holderaccording to the scale thereon to permit of a passage of the samethrough the said guideway.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A combined holder for a writing implement and eraser and weighingdevice for coins, consisting of a tube or cylinder open at one end forthe reception of the writing implement, weighted at the other end andhaving an eraser applied thereon and a sleeve with a pivotal standardfor establishing a weighing device for coin of different denominations,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A holder for a writing implement and weighing device,comprising agraduated scale tube or cylinder provided with an oblong slot forinserting coin therethrough and with a tapering surface forming a restfor the coin and a slidable sleeve on said tube or cylinder and having apivotal trunnion forming in operative position a vertical standard forthe.

weighing device, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A holder for a writing implement and weighing device, comprising aslotted counterweighted and graduated scale tube or cylinder with aguide-way for inserting therethrough coin, oblong slits merging intosaid guide-way, a removable sleeve mounted on said tube or cylinder andprovided with a pivotal trunnion forming in operative posi tion astandard for the weighing device, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

at. A combined holder for a writing implement and weighing device,comprising a graduated or sealed cylinder open at one end and weightedat the other end and having an intermediate guide-way and a coin rest, asleeve provided with a pointer and a movable trunnion connected withsaid cylinder and slidable thereon, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

RUDOLPH. \VM. RIESS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. \VEIss, XVM. H. EMHARDT, J 1'.

